KEBAB PURCHASING POWER INDEXWhat wages buy,
What wages buy,
across time.
Research coverage reaches back to 1980. In the calculated 2005–2026 headline index, compare how many standard portions net wages can buy and the time cost of the same portion.
INDEX = ANNUAL WEIGHTED NET WAGE ÷ ANNUAL KEBAB PRICE INDICATOR
KEBAB PURCHASING POWER INDEX
02A · ANNUAL CHANGE ANALYSISHow did each indicator
How did each indicator
change direction?
Choose a metric and a comparable period to inspect annual rises and falls without crossing methodology breaks. Each bar shows the change from the previous comparable year.
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02B · PERIOD COMPARISONWhat changed
What changed
between two dates?
Compare two years on the same scale and read the shifts in net wage, kebab price, purchasing power and working time together.
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Purchasing power fell over the selected period.
METHOD BREAK
This selection crosses methodology periods. Percentages are calculated, but they should not be read as a change in an identical sample.
2023→2026
Kebabs / net wage-23.2%
66.4 portions→51 portions
Minutes / kebab+30%
203.4 minutes→264.5 minutes
Kebab price indicator+266.7%
₺150.0→₺550.0
Net minimum wage+182%
₺9,954.6→₺28,075.5
03 DIVERGENCE · 2023 = 1
Wages rose.
The portion price rose faster.
From 2023 to 2026, the annual weighted net wage increased by roughly 2.8 times. The pilot kebab price reached 3.7 times its 2023 level over the same period.
NET WAGE×2.8
₺9,954.56 → ₺28,075.50
PILOT KEBAB PRICE×3.7
₺150.00 → ₺550.00
Result: the working time needed for one portion rose from 203.4 minutes to 264.5 minutes.
Inflation rates describe the broad trend; the working time behind one portion makes its everyday consequence visible.
10 frequently asked questions
Short answers on formula, evidence and limits.
Show more questions01What does Kebab Purchasing Power Index measure?
Kebab Purchasing Power Index reads a kebab price together with the economic value attached to it, not as a price alone.
02How is the index calculated?
Net minimum-wage periods are weighted by months in force; the annual wage is divided by that year’s kebab-price indicator. Technical formula: weighted_net_minimum_wage / standard_portion_price.
03What is the standard product?
The target is a standard plate equivalent to 150 grams of uncooked meat. Missing product or weight detail is labelled, not guessed.
04Which data are required?
The calculation needs 7 core fields: price.amount, price.currency, observedAt, kebabType, portionType, sourceId, confidence. Unknown values remain null.
05Which years and places are covered?
The calculated series covers 2005–2026. Records from 1980–2004 remain in a separate historical layer.
06How should the result be read?
A higher value means the same wage buys more standard portions; a lower value means fewer.
07Where do the sources come from?
Prices come from dated menus, official tariffs, news archives and direct documents; wage and reference series come from official institutions. Every result links to the source ledger.
08Which records are excluded?
Bundles with no separable price, temporary promotions, duplicate old prices and records outside the product contract are held out of the core calculation.
09When is it updated?
The main index is live and each affected year is recalculated when new evidence arrives.
10What is its main limitation?
The data method changes in 2022–2023; the former TÜİK item series and the restaurant panel are not identical samples.